On August 9, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, our member companies, and mayors from our Mayors’ Circle representing cities across the Bay Area launched the Be a Hero, Wear a Mask campaign. Our nation’s top health experts – including Robert R. Redfield, M.D., Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Leadership Group members expect that remote work strategies will be a part of life in the regional economy even beyond the lifting of shelter-in-place orders, according to the latest survey of Leadership Group CEOs and executives. While recognizing that not every business and not every role in an organization is…
Dear David Packard: In the summer of 1977, you pulled together 33 valley visionaries to advance the future of our region, partially in response to the energy crisis gripping our nation and crippling California. While fierce competitors in the marketplace, you all knew you could be effective collaborators in the…
Soon, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group will get a new CEO. And that means Carl Guardino, the man who has been leading one of the most influential business advocacy organizations in the Bay Area, will be stepping down after 23 years. Think about that run for a moment. Guardino, 58,…
Since March 11, 2020, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group has conducted six “Pulse Surveys” of member companies to gauge the impact of COVID-19 on their businesses and employees, and what decisions they are making, and action steps they are taking, to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. The survey concluded…
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We know that sitting on the sidelines in times of racial injustice is unacceptable. As Innovation Economy CEOs, through the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, we are…
Two months into the Bay Area shelter-in-place order, Silicon Valley companies and member organizations are adapting with an eye towards the future, according to a recent Leadership Group survey. 102 CEOs and C-Suite Officers responded to the five-question “pulse” survey conducted on May 12, 2020. Members were asked about hiring…
A late-evening phone call on March 10 from San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Cindy Chavez set a course for what has become one of the most important efforts the Silicon Valley Leadership Group has ever undertaken — rising to meet the moment…
Silicon Valley companies continue to rise to the challenges posed by COVID-19, according to a recent Leadership Group survey. 74 CEOs and C-Suite Officers responded to the six-question survey conducted on April 8, 2020. Members were asked about remote working practices currently being implemented and consideration of flexible working arrangements…
On March 30-31, the Leadership Group conducted our second survey on what our member companies are doing to protect the health of their employees and customers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 100 CEOs and C-Suite Officers responded to the six-question survey which covered sick leave, hiring, essential employers, and…